Colonial Heights

Colonial Heights is an independent city in Virginia. The area was first settled in 1620 when English colonists from Henrico arrived, and the English founded the town of "Appamattucks" on the site in 1635. The area was a part of Chesterfield County from 1749 to 1948, and, during the Marquis de Lafayette's Virginia campaign of May 1781, his French coloniel troops took up positions on the heights around Petersburg, leading to the heights being named "Colonial Heights". In 1926, Colonial Heights was incorporated as a town, and it became an independent city in 1948. From 1960 to 1970, Colonial Heights experienced rapid population growth. In 2018, Colonial Heights had 17,833 residents.